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Road Safety

Everybody should be safe in road traffic, but to date many people are harmed by accidents. Accidents in road traffic cause considerable more damages to human life, health and economy than in traffic by train, ship or airplane.

Affected people and foundations of life: About 24.3 million people were injured or disabled in road traffic crashes in 2004 (WHO[World Health Organization] 2008a, 28). The global economic costs of road crashes have been estimated to be US$(United States dollar) 518 billion annually (WHO 2003, 96).

Deaths: 1.28 million people died in road traffic in 2004 (WHO 2008a, 58, 117).

DALYs: Disability-adjusted life years.
One DALY represents the loss of one year of equivalent full health. DALYs are the sum of the years of life lost due to premature mortality (YLL) in the population and the years lost due to disability (YLD) for incident cases of the health condition. (WHO 2004, 95f.)